The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-24
ENGLAND'S DOGSOF WAR.
A GREAT JUBILEE NAVAL REVIEW
OFF PORTSMOUTH.

ness the Spectacle-One Hundred and
| Twenty-eight Pennants Participate
in the Hundreds of Small
Sails Down the Line Amid Tremen-
dous Cheering - Nominations at
Night.
PORTSMOUTH, July 23,--Portsnouth and
South Sea have been thronged for dayspast
in anticipation Of the jubilee naval review
fixed for this afternoon at Spithead. The
crowds Were immensely augmented this
morning by the arrival of innumerable Wis
itors from all parts of the country, who
came by special trains from London and
other centres. Good positions for
observing the display were
all well occupied. The weather
could not be more favorable. There was
bright sunshine and light breeze was blow
ing. Everybody was in holiday attire, and
the gay dresses and the splendid uniforms
gave the crowded thoroughfares brilliant
! appearance. Special trains brought down
| from London the Lord Admiralty members
of the House of Lords and Commons, and
numerous Representatives of foreign lega-
| tiOnS.
AMERICAN SPECTATORS.
Minister Phelps Travelled in special
saloon coach. He was accompanied by his
| wife and Mrs Loomis. In the same coach
with the American Minister were Robert
| McLane, United States Minister to France;
Jabez l.. NJ Curry, United States Minister
| to Spain; Henry White, Second Secretary
| of the American Legation at Lon
don, and his wife; Lieut.. Chadwick,
| no o4T g I
at London, Mrs. Chadwick, Lieut.. Bucking-
ham, naval attachee of the American lega
! ton at Paris, Mrs. Buckingham, Hon.
| Thomas NJ. Waller, United States Consul
General at London, Gen Joseph r. Hawley,
Senators Frye and A. j. Hopkins member
of Congress from Aurora Ills. Minister
| Phelps party appeared to thoroughly enjoy
themselves, all being in the best of spirits.
AMERICANS AFLoAT.
H. L. Morton and family were aboard a
| private yacht. Ezra Rust, Augustus Jay,
Second Secretary of the American Legation
at Paris, Chester A. Arthur, Mrs. Frank
Leslie and Logan Roots We're also ahoat
aboard different crafts. Nh Jay, accom-
panied by Mr.. Kane, being aboard the Hell
| icon, the rigging of which was all hidden by
flags, w. K. Vanderbilt's yacht, Alva,
was conspicuous in the marine procession to
| Spithead, and was beautifully decorated
| one of extreme animation. Hundreds of
private crafts of every description, all hand
| somely decorated and well freighted with
| gaily dressed people, being anchored here.
A MARINE PICNIC.
1t looked like a gigantic marine picnic
| The Bonnie Doom carried scores of Ameri-
cans. The crowds afloat and ashore were
enormous. On arriving at the Portsmouth
dockyard the favored ones embarked on
board the troop ships appointed to convey
| them from here and from Southampton to
| Spithead. The first troop ships to leave
with guests were two huge Indian liners
from Southampton which excited much ad-
miratiOn from the crowds on shore They
were quickly followed by others from the
Portsmouth dockyard jetty. Numerous
large steamboats, afforded the general public
| an opportunity to witness the review from
the sea.
12S IN THE PARADE.
The vessels participating in the pageant
as paraders numbered 1913 pennants, and
included 3 squadrons of ironclads and
| cruisers, aggregating 81 vessels, IS torpedo
boats, gun boats and iron defense ships, di-
vided into 5 flotillas 6 training briGs and 3
troop ships. Besides these 1913 ships under
drill, there were the imperial and Indian
troop ships appointed to carry distinguished
visitors, and small vessels and dockyard
mouth all of which We're well-laden and
brisldy used.
IN FOUR LINES.
War ships were drawn up in four lines
facing up the channel, the starboard col
umn being opposite the Isle of Wight, and
the port column being off Portsmouth The
ships were stationed two cables apart. the
lines being three cables between. The flo
tillas were ranged in double columns be-
tween the port column of the ironciads and
the mainland, and the troop ships were
placed in single column between the star
board line and the Isle Of Wight. This
made four lines of vessels on one side of the
channel and three on the other, extending
from South Sea Castle TO the Rye middle
shoal, a distance of over two miles. Each
ship patroled by steamboat the space be
tween her and the ship next to eastward TO
keep the scene free from intrusion. The
vessels conveying visitors were permitted
to make a tour of the columns before 2
o'clock, after which they took up the posi-
tions assigned them.
THE SMALL VESSELS.
The small vessels appropriated to visitors
anchored at 3 O'Clock abreast the torpedo
flotillas. The private craft carrying sight
seerC must have numbered several hundred.
They represented the pleasure boats of all
nations and climes, and darted about like
birds OF different plumage, importing un-
paralleled beauty TO scene otherwise un-
precedented The whole scene, surveyed
Just before o'clock, when the naval vessels
were all in place. their decoration full
flung and their crew in holiday pose, pri-
vate craft hurrying TO good places and the
mutitudes ashore packing themselves TO the
best TO see the event of the day, was glo-
rious in the extreme.
THE LIKE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
Probably no such 1eet was ever seen be-
fore in time of peace. Every class of the
British navy was represented The review
of the Crimean fleet by the Queen and
Prince Consort, thirty-one years ago, would
suffer by comparison with this. Some of the
stout wooden ships which figure in that re
view were visible in Portsmouth harbor TO-
day, decked bravely out for the occasion.
Nelson's old ship, the Victory, was also
conspicuous object, and her old tim
bers echoed again and again p
boat after boat passed her. the full compile
ment cheering vociferously. More than
that the old ship mounted gue or two and
joined in the universal SALUTE 20 the Queen
Shortly after O'Clock, wien order was per-
ceptible on the water f.ie Euphrates, Croco-
die and Malabar - oceeded 10 the west
ward Of OsborDS and stood in readiness to
escort the royal yachts when the Queen EN-
barsed et o'cock 30 review the fleet The
Queen left the Osborne House few minutes
Lefore O'Clock and went aboard the royal
yacht Victoria and liert